A Sense of Place

Design Guidelines for Yosemite National Park

• Author(s): Yosemite National Park (Agency : U.S.),
• Publisher: Government Printing Office
• Pages: 336
• ISBN_10: 0160904129
  ISBN_13: 9780160904127
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Architecture / Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation , Architecture / Landscape , Law / Government / Federal , Nature / Ecosystems & Habitats / Mountains , Travel / Parks & Campgrounds , Travel / United States / West / Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA) ,

Description:... These guidelines are a reference for anyone affecting the design of the built environment within the park boundary, including architects, planners, landscape architects, engineers, concessioners, administrators, maintenance personnel, design review staff, and park managers as they work to create contextually and environmentally appropriate structures and landscapes.

The descriptions of the settings within Yosemite and the guidelines in this document are organized by the following:

• Overarching and unifying parkwide design principles and themes
• Significant developed areas with unique qualities and characteristics
• Significant or dominant characteristics and site-specific characteristics within each distinct geographic area, including common elements and site specific details and features; and
• Resource sensitivities; compatibility issues; and historical patterns

Glossary and Index are included.